Translating the IHE Teaching File and Clinical Trial Export (TCE) profile document templates into functional DICOM...

Area of Science:

• Medical Imaging Informatics
• Health Data Standards
• Clinical Trials Management

Background:

• The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Teaching File and Clinical Trial Export (TCE) profile standardizes exporting key medical images.
• Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) structured reports (SR) are used to reference these images and associated case data.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide step-by-step instructions for converting TCE document templates into functional DICOM SR objects.
• To facilitate the development of applications compliant with the IHE TCE profile.

Main Methods:

• Detailed explanation of the process for translating TCE document templates.
• Guidance on creating compliant DICOM SR objects referencing key images and case information.

Main Results:

• Functional and complete DICOM SR objects can be generated from TCE templates.
• The provided instructions enable the creation of TCE-compliant data structures.

Conclusions:

• The paper offers a practical methodology for implementing the IHE TCE profile.
• Developers can utilize these instructions to build applications for exporting medical images to teaching files, clinical trials, or publications.